Food Production

Question 1

What are the 2 key variables depending upon food produce?

Answer 1

Climate - temp/ growing season/ water availability

Soils

Question 2

Define agricultural productivity

Answer 2

Ratio of agricultural outputs to agriculture inputs

Question 3

Define agriculture

Answer 3

Practice of farming including cultivation of soils for growing crops and rearing of animals to provide food/ wool

Question 4

Food Production in 1960s

Answer 4

Global food supplies for human stood at only 2,300 calories per person per day.
This was unevenly distributed.
High income countries average was 3,030 calories per day.
Low income countries it was 2,000 - chronic under nourishment

Question 5

Food Production in 2010

Answer 5

Despite fact world pop had increased by almost 2 and half times, the world could produce enough food to provide every person with 2,800 calories per day - everyone had enough food.

But food production and availability was uneven - 800 million under nurished.

Drop from 50-20%

Question 6

How did global food production increase ?

Answer 6

Technologies called the green revolution - increased use of new/ high yielding crops varieties/ technologies.

Irrigation/ fertiliser.

Global trade 1970s net import of Cereals in low income countries tripled from 20 million

Question 7

What is happening in low income counties

Answer 7

Production & consumption of main agriculture products have been growing at much higher rates than in higher income counties.
This is due to;
Pop growth rates.
Higher wealth.
Greater responsiveness

Question 8

What is happening in HIC countries

Answer 8

Slower growth of demand had occurred because high per capita consumption and slow growth of population have had dampening effect on growth

Question 9

Example of counties with high growth rate s

Answer 9

China

Brazil

Question 10

Examples of counties with low growth rates

Answer 10

North America
Europe
Russia

Production declined